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Chinese train engineers challenge pilots to a race

CHINESE ENGINEERS SET a new record for the fastest train in the world, and are eyeing their ultimate target—to create railway transport that’s faster than commercial aircraft. The country’s next-generation high-speed train recently set a record of 453 kmh (281 mph) during a test run along a section of the railway from Fuqing to Qianzhou…

August 10, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China scientists report progress on hyperloop project

SCIENTISTS IN CHINA are making progress towards creating a working hyperloop system, a new report says. They have been quietly working on the project since 2010, two years before entrepreneur Elon Musk made headlines with a speech about the subject in 2012. Initial small-scale tests on a 210 meter track in Datong, Shanxi province, have…

January 24, 20230Comments ByFriday Writers

Chinese train engineers challenge pilots to a race

China scientists report progress on hyperloop project

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